SCFTA Perris Round 4

May 15, 2015

Photos
by Janice Blunt

Captions by Jamey Blunt

On the way to Perris for round #4 from the west coasta steady light rain was falling making one wonder if round fourwould take place at all. Also on the ninety one freeway two timeworld champion John Kocinski drafter us and left us in his dustand we were doing eighty miles an hour! Fond memory!!! Onceat the track the turnout was light compared to other rounds, but bytime for the riders meeting one hundred eighty seven strong had camethrough the front gate and were ready to race. The typical thirty fiveheat races made for thirty one main events, and John Kocinski onceagain stretched his unbeaten streak at Perris and posted the overallfastest lap time of round four at 14.34 seconds. The youth classeskeep getting spread thinner and thinner as parents complain that somekids are too fast for their own child, even though they are all on thesame displaced sized bike. The youth classes accounted for seventeendifferent classes! Confusing to say the least, espically to spectators.With only one scorer Janice Blunt was pulled from her photo dutiesto work in the tower with timing and scoring. As usual the races were runwithout a problem and finished well short of the 10:00 p.m. curfew.Rounds five and six are a double header in the month of June, whichshould be an even larger turnout as tempatures are warming up. Youmight even see a two time world champion on the way to Perris. Justdon't attempt to keep up with him, you probably can't handle it, andthe castor oil smoke stings your eyes.

#3 John Kocinski set the overall fastest lap time of the night herein practice at 14.51 seconds! Kocinski also used "ELSIE", hisKnight framed Honda 250cc air cooled 2-stk mount to extendhis unbeaten streak at Perris topping the Vet +35 Expert field.

#84E Colt Foster seems to really like the Pro Class.Foster turned consistent 15.15 second lap times totake the victory in the twenty lap Pro Main Event!

#88 Josh Mills from Murrieta won theBomber Novice final. As this class usually dictateshe did it on a Yamaha TT-500cc mount.

#37 Donnie Moore was tops in the field of Senior Vet +50 Novice racers.Moore easily captured the victory in the main event.

#19R Brad Rudy has picked his pace up and put in a 15.56 second lap in route tothe victory in the Vet +50 Amateur final. Rudy also contests the Men's 4-stkclass where he took a second place.

#87 Jeff (the Jester) Johnson won both the Senior Vet +50 Expertand the Bomber Expert main events. He used a Yamaha TT-500in all classes, and posted a 14.94 second lap time in the process!!!

#42 Chris Campos didn't have the overall fastest lap time at16.30 seconds. What he did though is string a series of theselaps together to take the victory in the Vet +35 Novice Main.

#22 Jimmy Gillen came so close to leaving the fifteensecond marker behind, turning a 15.03 second lap on his wayto winning the Open Unclassified main event.

#53 Alyssa Flores was the class of the field in thePower Puff class! She left the rest of the field farbehind.

#12E Jeff Lessley built himself a Suzuki 2-stk twin.Not the easiest bike to race on the Perris 1/4 mile oval.But he turned a 15.30 second lap time to win the Super Senior+60 class, and is still sorting the bike out!

#95 Tom Ferguson uses a Harley Sprint to win theClassic Vintage mains. He gives up displacementmuch of the time, but has the fastest corner speed..His fastest lap time was 16.72 seconds at round four.

#12E James Ott keeps picking up his pace. At round fourhe won the 250cc Youth Open main event with a fast lap timeof 15.24 seconds. Expect great things from this still youngracer....

#82 Travis Petton the 4th put his Honda on thetop step of the podium in the 85cc Open class.On his 85cc his fastest lap was 15.30 seconds!